GBA Emerging Issues Committee

The Emerging Issues Committee will identify topics and issues that are relevant to GBA members' interests and concerns and determine the best ways to educate and inform members about them. The committee will participate on three moderated conference calls per year with expert speakers on topics identified by the Committee. 

Chair

Cynthia Best, Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, University of Utah School of Medicine

Members

Moe Aboufares, Associate Dean of Finance & Administration, Assistant Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, California University of Science and Medicine-School of Medicine

F. John Case, Sr. VP for Operations and Chief Financial Officer, Morehouse School of Medicine

Steven Cohen, Department CAO, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

Dan Crawley, Department Administrator, Yale School of Medicine

Allison Holt, Controller, University of Virginia

Kirk Lawson, Senior Director, NYU Langone Medical Center

Janet Sabuco, Associate Dean of Finance and Administration, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

Anja Paardekooper, Sr. Associate Dean, Finance and Administration, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Bryan Pyles, Senior Associate Dean, Administration and Finance, The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Susie Scheffler, Director of Finance, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School 

Michael Sledge, Chief Financial Officer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Richard Sobieray, Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Kevin Vest, Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center and Vice Chair, Yale Urology, Yale School of Medicine

Cathy Wood, Assistant Dean for Internal Consulting, Duke University School of Medicine